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To: skr

No to be stupid, but why not just use the word "ago". As in, 15,000 years ago there was a nuclear explosion over Detroit.

115 posted on 07/25/2006 4:01:10 AM PDT by Vermont Lt (I am not from Vermont. I lived there for four years and that was enough.)

To: Vermont Lt

...but why not just use the word "ago".

To avoid having to calculate the years everytime the subject comes up, I'm guessing. And to place it in a timeline.

135 posted on 07/25/2006 7:29:03 PM PDT by skr (We cannot play innocents abroad in a world that is not innocent.-- Ronald Reagan)

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